Brooklyn, NY – Just two days after a Borough Park woman was sexually assaulted in her own home by a tzedaka collector, police have arrested a suspect in the case, after being tipped off by Shomrim.
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“One of our members spotted a person of interest who might fit the description of the man we were looking for,” Mutty Katz of Shomrim told VIN News. “We contacted the person who filed the police report and contacted 911.”
Both police and Shomrim canvassed the area for several hours on Friday afternoon, as previously reported on VIN News.
“The police came down and the witness identified the man,” said Katz. “It was the way he was described that allowed us to identify him as a person of interest: the kind of hat he was wearing, his beard and the way he was walking. The witness gave us the missing pieces of the puzzle and we got him.”
Police sources confirmed, that a 59 year old Brooklyn man was arrested at 2:34 this afternoon on 59th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues and charged with forcible touching in the incident which took place on November 8th.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind told VIN News that the collector had reportedly asked the victim, who is in her 20’s, for permission to use the bathroom when he came to her door on Friday and once again issued a strong advisory to the public.
“We are a community of givers and we don’t want anyone to change that but you have to be careful,” said Hikind. “Don’t ever let anyone into your house if you don’t know them.”
Hikind had high words of praise for Shomrim.
“Shomrim are indispensible, magnificent and they are one of the most effective means of law enforcement in the city of New York as they work with the police department,” observed Hikind. “They are superstars.”
Isn’t it mesira?????
Put up the photo!
More victims will come forward.
its only mesira if someone abuses your wife…
How do you know its true. Any witnesses. He says she says.
Dear Dov Hikind: You are 100% correct about the caution you speak of. In addition, they should completely eliminate the idea that people / collectors walk around bungalow colonies in the summer. Collectors walk up to the screen doors and literally scare the people. They can be the most well intentioned, however, no one should be parading around in a colony that doesn’t belong there.
how about if someone’s central aircondition units or refrigeration units disturb someone’s sleep to no extent – is that considered mesira – going to authorities
all you guys don’t get what Lamdan was trying to point out,of course he knows and we all know that if a lowlife assaults a woman,even if he is a so called frum jew he must be given over to the police,it is not mesirah but a mitzva,
therefore Lamdan does not understand why oh why when for the last 50 years hundreds of our precious children were asssaulted and some of them were damaged for life,our illustrious ra-bbonim protected them and covered up and forbade anyone to go to the police even when there was 100% evidence and even when he admitted it,
Just look what happened in Lakewood a few months ago,where a chasheve talmid chacham a marbitz torah,was run out of town by the gangsters who run lakewood,just because he reported someone who assaulted his child.
This is what Lamdan is asking us,after all raping a 10 year old child isn’t it 1000 times more damaging than touching inappropriately a 35 year old woman.
if anyone has an answer for lamdan’s question,we would love to hear it.
A pleasure to see that the young generation is appreciating the work of Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg and times have changed and people are coming forward.
At the end of the day we owe a big Yasher Koach for a man that has dedicated his life for the community and paid the ultimate price for it.
Great halachic debate. Now let’s keep the bum in jail until trial.
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When a young innocent child gets molested everyone screams mesira and the victim and their family get ostrasized. Here a grown mature adult gets groped and mesira is ok. Why? Cuz the “groper” wasn’t one of theirs. That’s why. Children can get molested repeatedly by the same person and the person will not only not get a slap on the wrist, but the entire community will rally around him and fundraise, cuz it is one of theirs. Sick sick sick.
When a young innocent child gets molested everyone screams mesira and the victim and their family get ostrasized. Here a grown mature adult gets groped and mesira is ok. Why? Cuz the “groper” wasn’t one of theirs. That’s why. Children can get molested repeatedly by the same person and the person will not only not get a slap on the wrist, but the entire community will rally around him and fundraise, cuz it is one of theirs. Sick sick sick.
She should have not let him in. It’s her own fault. Not Guilty!! Once he was in that door, he was an invited guest.
Funny to see so many sarcastic comments and so many people who don’t understand.
Amazing how no one has ever seen a demented person that would be capable of doing this. Instead of jumping on #1 how about taking care of protecting our families. Yes his comment was immature and careless- that doesn’t change the fact that a stranger came into a home, and assaulted the homeowner.
To all the haters. YES!! our honored Shomrim orgnazation consulted their rabbis & they ruled that in this case they are allowed to hand this over to authorities. ANYONE ruling for themselves in the sensitive HLOCHOS of MESIRA is simply a KAL!!! would you ever rule yourself in a complicated HILCHOS SHABBOS matter etc????
I want a photo to se if it is the same guy who did the same to my daughter!